关于ChinChin 小酒馆的爵士乐演出的一封听众来信

A letter from a listener about the jazz performance at ChinChin Tavern

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Today I received a short essay from a listener a few days ago. I was so touched. I have met many young jazz lovers recently, some of whom are still college students. It is unexpected that so many people like jazz, especially young people. Jazz is not dead. When we first decided to hold a jazz performance, we were prepared for the fact that there would be fewer audiences than musicians. Now we have met more and more audiences and musicians. The musicians are playing music seriously, and the audiences are appreciating music seriously. They have a positive influence on each other.

Today, I was preparing to go out to practice drums, and I met musicians who came to rehearse with their instruments. Everyone excitedly talked about what songs they wanted to perform. Everyone had a smile on their face, and the warm sunshine was shining. Suddenly, I felt so happy, being nourished by music and sunshine. [Sun]

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Thank you for the vivid photos! I just left Dali yesterday, so I have time to write something now. We arrived very late on Friday, so we only caught up with the last three songs, but we heard a very unforgettable Jam Session (it's called a jam, but there are many famous songs hh). I have watched many jams in cities big and small, and this time was the best one. It made me feel the relaxation and closeness of jazz music, which is a unique temperament of Dali for me. Last February, we listened to Black Country New Road in Beijing, and happened to meet Zhang Xiongguan Quartet in Dong'an. The bar was crowded, and many people stood at the bar and listened intoxicatedly. The audience cheered and applauded at the end of the wonderful solo, and tried to control the volume as much as possible when eating and talking. Zhang Xiongguan said, "At this point, the audience in Shanghai has basically started to get drunk. Thank you for coming here to listen to music." Dong'an has cultivated a group of audiences who "come to listen to music" in the past 20 years. Now I think that chinchin has done the same thing.

The other day you said you liked Billy Higgins the most. I happened to hear his and Charles Lloyd's album "Which Way is East" two days ago. I was shocked by the depth and richness of this album. It was not only the richness of instruments and timbre, but also the depth of culture and emotion. Listening to this album on the plane, my mood fluctuated with the melody and rhythm, and I fell back to the day when I first listened to "The Shape of Jazz to Come" when I was fifteen years old. The cheap wired headphones and mp3 brought harsh sax and muddy low frequencies, but it was as exciting as opening the door to a new world - this is what real jazz should be like! (It may also be because I just listened to "Undercurrent" the day before...)

I won't mention the names of the dishes. The week in Dali was like a long dream to me. It's a pity that I didn't bring a portrait lens with me when I came to Chinchin, so I couldn't capture the most dreamlike part of this beautiful dream. Next time I come, I want to be a recorder behind the lens and a participant under the stage. I look forward to the arrival of this day, and I wish Chinchin better and better!

PS: The trumpet player that day was really great. I hope he can come back to Dali more often after graduation. Hahahaha

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